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THIS WAY OUT Rundown
Program #511 (01/12/98)
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Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity
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SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The new same-gender partners registry in The
Netherlands -- with most of the same legal benefits of heterosexual marriage
-- is christened by a gay male couple who`ve been together over 40 years; a
specially-appointed panel in Canada recommends easing the burden on gay &
lesbian couples as part of its numerous immigration reform proposals; a gay
male couple -- one a Canadian resident and the other a Mexican national -- are
suing for equal marriage rights in Quebec; gay cruisers are not welcome in
The Cayman Islands -- not even for a 7-hour visit; U.S. anti-abortion group
Operation Rescue protests the Walt Disney Company`s pro-queer policies with
demonstrations outside Disney World in Florida; two openly-gay composers have
died: New York`s Dean X. Johnson and Britain`s Sir Michael Tippett; the
bludgeoning death of a gay Papal assistant in Rome sparks a call for
government action to address the alarming number of murders of gay men in
Italy; homophobic violence accounts for about 12 percent of the U.S. Federal
Bureau of Investigation`s annual Hate Crimes Report; and controversy over a
new gay bathhouse in Edmonton could involve men who were on opposing sides in
the closure of the last such establishment in that city 17 years ago
[compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL,
BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE and GREG GORDON, and
anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and JON BEAUPRE]
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SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Boy Scouts report (over instrumental beginning of
intro music for this segment) [:20] + In a case with resounding implications
for both the U.S. military`s handling of the "Don`t Ask, Don`t Tell, Don`t
Pursue" policy, and the privacy concerns of online service customers, the Navy
plans to discharge Senior Chief Petty Officer TIM McVEIGH (no relation to the
convicted Oklahoma City bomber) -- a 17-year veteran with a spotless record
who had been serving aboard the Hawai`i-based USS Chicago -- simply because
the word "gay" appeared in his anonymous America Online (AOL) profile. At
issue is how and why the Navy was able to obtain the information and conclude
that McVeigh had "told". The case also appears to challenge the online
service provider`s assurances of the anonymity of their customers` cyberspace
identities. LUCIA CHAPPELLE`s report (with assistance from GLOradio`s JOHN
McMULLEN) includes a review of the transcripts of McVeigh`s hearing, and
comments by McVeigh and America Online spokesperson WENDY GOLDBERG (brief
intro music from "Military Madness" by GRAHAM NASH; extended outro music from
"Lift The Ban" by ROSS ALTMAN/2:05) [9:40]
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SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by Sir Ian McKellan [:15] + There was movement in
two of the longest-standing discrimination lawsuits against the BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA this week. The California Supreme Court heard arguments in cases
involving the Scouts` right to exclude those who will not affirm a faith in
God (Orange County twins Michael and William Randall, who`ve been fighting the
Scouts since they were cubs), or who are openly-gay (former Eagle Scout Tim
Curran, whose legal challenge began in 1981). Do the Scouts` exclusionary
policies violate the state`s Unruh Civil Rights Act? The answer seems to
hinge on whether the Scouts are judged to be a private or public institution.
ROBIN UREVICH [Pacifica Network News] attended the court session and talked
with plaintiffs MICHAEL RANDALL and TIM CURRAN, plaintiff attorney JON
DAVIDSON, and Scouts attorney GEORGE DAVIDSON) [5:00]
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CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY
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TOTAL PROGRAM TIME
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